West Coast Native Origins
Brent McCarthyBritish Columbia Series
Canadian ContentUnit 3
Seven Fundamental Truths
• Fundamental Truth 1: Creation• We the coastal first peoples have been in our
respective territories (homelands) since the beginning of time.
Seven Fundamental Truths
• Fundamental Truth 2: Connection to Nature• We are all one and our lives are
interconnected.
Seven Fundamental Truths
• Fundamental Truth 3: Respect• All life has equal value. We acknowledge and
respect that all plants and animals have a life force.
Seven Fundamental Truths
• Fundamental Truth 4: Knowledge• Our traditional knowledge of sustainable
resource use and management is reflected in our intimate relationship with nature and its predictable seasonal cycles and indicators of renewal of life and subsistence.
Seven Fundamental Truths
• Fundamental Truth 5: Stewardship• We are stewards of the land and sea from
which we live, knowing that our health as a people and our society
• is intricately tied to the health of the land and waters.
Seven Fundamental Truths
• Fundamental Truth 6: Sharing• We have a responsibility to share and support
to provide strength and make others stronger in order for our world to survive.
Seven Fundamental Truths
• Fundamental Truth 7: Adapting to Change• Environmental, demographic, socio-political
and cultural changes have occurred since the creator placed us
• in our homelands and we have continuously adapted to and survived these changes.
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Validating our truths